Supervisor Mark Farrell: Let’s talk about homelessness. A lot.

You’re about to hear a lot — no really, a lot – about the city’s homeless problem.

Supervisor Mark Farrell, who’s recently taken on the issue with gusto, on Tuesday will call for six additional hearings about homelessness. This comes after the nearly three-hour hearing on homelessness he held earlier this month. That means there could be almost 18 more hours to listen to on the subject. Because if anything’s going to solve homelessness, it’s politicians talking even more about it.

In all seriousness, Farrell wants to steer the conversations away from a recitation of problems and toward potential solutions.

“From my perspective, these hearings are no good unless you have ideas on where we can go from here,” he said.

He’ll call for hearings on the cost effectiveness of the various housing options, including supportive housing and shelters; the housing ladder, including affordable housing and public housing; evictions; homelessness among veterans and seniors; homelessness among the LGBT community; and homelessness among youth.

He said he believes it’s worth taking a “deep dive” into each of those subjects and said he wants them to take place before the budget season gets in full swing in the spring. The first hearing inspired Farrell to propose legislation to beef up the city’s Homeless Outreach Team, so look for more legislation to emerge from these hearings.

The last supervisor to take on homelessness as his signature issue was Gavin Newsom, another businessman from District 2, which includes Pacific Heights and the Marina. Not exactly areas of the city with the most egregious homeless problem.

“This affects all San Franciscans,” Farrell said. “It’s not germane just to one neighborhood.”

Asked whether he wants to parlay the issue into a run for higher office — like Newsom did — Farrell said that’s not why he’s tackling it.

“You never know what the future holds, but my focus now and in the future is representing District 2,” he said.